Today I discovred one of the great unforeseen perks of transitioning. I saw one of the most annoying people I had ever had the displeasure of meeting at the grocery store today. I used to work with him and he would talk your ear off while essentially saying nothing all day long. The guy would never shut up. I saw him, he saw me, and OMG, it seems he never got the memo that I transitioned! He didn't recognize me at all and walked away. Yay! No lecture about the virtues of synthetic motor oil, government conspiracies or whether I should biopsy my hangnail.